Mode effects in a survey of medicare prostate surgery patients

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-46

  Fowler Jr , Floyd Jackson ^a   Roman, Anthony M ^a   Di, Zhu Xiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0032389504     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/297829     Document Type: Article

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